Found this while looking for something else...now I know that the on-off-on toggles I already have will operate these motors... This was how I originally envisioned doing this job. Nice to see I'm not the only smart guy around...
Not an electric guy, but wonder if reducing voltage to say to 9V would make them not slam to a stop.
Another member referred me to your spot here. I have decided to tackle this same project!! You would think here in SE Tx 20 ga sheet steel would be easy to find!! ha Keep us posted on your work please!!Got curious last night about whether I could build a Hemi hood scoop out of steel. So I cut up a hunk of 20GA and gave it a shot, just to see what pitfalls there were and get an idea of the feasibility of it. Here's the result....
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I think it's doable. I'll need to go the my steel supply and convince them to allow me to use their 8ft brake. I also need to devise a way to get the rise down the center line, Maybe slice a "V" into the wood table top and carve a block out as the positive and tap on it to sink the center line into the "V"? If I only had a bead roller! Anyway, the fun parts will be the roll over at the nose across the front, the curved legs at the front corners down next to the hood surface and the rear vertical portion that faces the driver. I worked out a way to get the bolt down flanges to work by cutting slider slots in the flange and having a piece of aluminum with the bolts through it in a strip about 3/4" wide that can slide sideways with the bolt shanks sliding into the side of the slots and then slide the strip and the bolts backward into the slots, and tighten them down. So, I think I'll take a shot at it!! Also I think i'll tack thin rods onto the underside in three places going from left to right to keep it from flexing/sinking. With the first rod far enough behind the front lip to not be seen.
https://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/threads/yankee-express-restomod-project.82520/page-46Another member referred me to your spot here. I have decided to tackle this same project!! You would think here in SE Tx 20 ga sheet steel would be easy to find!! ha Keep us posted on your work please!!
I found mine at a local metal shop that deals primarily in metal roofing supply and gutters. They build the pieces for the jobs like the fascia and mull boards, valley drain ends etc...they build these out of 20GA exclusively as I imagine other companies do as well.Another member referred me to your spot here. I have decided to tackle this same project!! You would think here in SE Tx 20 ga sheet steel would be easy to find!! ha Keep us posted on your work please!!
My understanding is that if they both are energized with the same switch/relay they should both move instantly and stay in time. The way they would get out of time is if the stops are adjusted differently and the left bucket stops before the right one. If they both "Travel" exactly the same distance I would expect them to stay in alignment. I have disassembled the lights and grill and motors and put them aside for now. So I did not put power to them. As stated though, there are a couple of ways to slow them down if they are indeed too quickly opening. At a rated RPM of 50 while not under load that turns the buckets one full revolution every second or so. The buckets with lights installed are about 26-28 lbs each. So there is a load there. Which would work to lessen the 50 RPM. So, if you twirl your index finger in the air in a foot wide circle while saying "One, one thousand" & "two, one thousand" you can get a pretty close idea of how fast a HALF revolution would be. Fairly stiff. I expect that I will have to slow them down a little, perhaps by 1/3rd or so. Placing a rubber cover over the stops will lessen the "Slamming" part as well.Great work, Ghost, love the head light motors!!!!
Interested in how fast, they work, original assemblies are slow, and often out of time with each other.
So around 38 bucks. for a 3'x4' sheet.https://www.forbbodiesonly.com/moparforum/threads/yankee-express-restomod-project.82520/page-46
Posted wrong thing. This is what I wanted to post.
https://www.onlinemetals.com/?gclid=CPq638S7iMUCFYOTfgodHx8A6A
No worries. it's all good. Yeah, I found this company a month or so ago only 6 miles from me, I have been driving 30 miles one way to buy metal for years. lol.Sorry to stick that in your thread. It was directed to barbee6043, in Texas it might be a long ride to buy metal.
There was a scrap metal dealer which sold picked sheet, angle iron and aluminum . Shut down that part of business, 9 miles away.No worries. it's all good. Yeah, I found this company a month or so ago only 6 miles from me, I have been driving 30 miles one way to buy metal for years. lol.
That sucks. This place is around the back of a local lumber supply store, around a corner. never knew it was there. They aren't really a retail steel supply. They supply roofing companies who do metal roofing. Nice folks. Cheap.There was a scrap metal dealer which sold picked sheet, angle iron and aluminum . Shut down that part of business, 9 miles away.
So around 38 bucks. for a 3'x4' sheet.
MATERIAL
Cold Roll
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ALLOY
A366/1008
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Cold Roll
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0.0359" Mild Steel Sheet A366/1008 Cold Roll -
Part #: 12780
0.0359" Mild Steel Sheet A366/1008 Cold Roll -
Part #: 12780
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- Thickness: 0.0359"
- Gauge: 20 Ga.
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